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• Is Your End-of-Year Career Plan in Good Shape?

  The thought that no one hires toward the end of the year is a topic I’ve covered before, but I think it’s worth another quick look as Christmas and other holida... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Resumes Vs. Personal Introductions

  As a professional resume writer, I have to acknowledge up front that I have a bit of bias on the subject of resumes–especially when I read (as I usually do) a... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Career Change: Is Now the Time?

  Recently I published a post about midlife (or other) career change. Related to that is the situation that too many people face–being in a lousy (read: toxic)... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Talent Vs. Hard Work in Job Success

  Companies theoretically want to hire high-performance employees, and if that describes you, you probably want to be hired by a company that will recognize and... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Midlife Career Change–And Other Times, Too

  The phrase “midlife career change” is nothing new. It’s something that’s been occurring for decades, maybe even centuries. However, there are some aspects... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Freelance Workforce Vs. Direct Employee

  If you’re currently working and aren’t a direct employee of a company, you would probably be part of the freelance workforce. That’s either a good thing or a ba... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Ho-Hum Resumes: Is Yours One of Them?

  Sometimes it feels as if I’m playing a broken record on this, but experience shows that too many job seekers still don’t get the difference between a resume tha... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Privacy and Your Job Search

  Privacy is a huge topic these days, including with regard to job searching. One of the big questions seems to be whether it’s even possible for you to have... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Job Interviews–Are You Asking the Right Questions?

  Job interviews can be stressful enough without having them go sour because you didn’t ask the right questions–resulting either in no job offer or in being... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Performance Reviews: Bad Vs. Good

  I’ve never met anyone who really enjoyed performance reviews–giving or receiving them! Some people consider them a necessary evil at best. Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Job Search Expectations–Are You for Real?

  As someone who’s basically an optimist, I believe that expecting good things to happen is a healthy attitude to take. However, having seriously unrealistic... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Technology & Your Job Search–Some “Gotchas”

  No one is likely to deny that we live an an age suffused with technology. Unless you live on a deserted island, you’ll probably encounter some aspects of... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Video Interviews–A Shocker!

  A while ago, I did a post on the trend in video interviews, including those in which the applicant basically responds to pre-set questions. This post is... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Are You Doing What Your Boss Wants?

  You can go along thinking you’re doing well in your job and suddenly discover–maybe in your performance review!–that your boss doesn’t agree. Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Job Search: Look Before You Leap

  At some time or other, many of you have probably found yourselves in a work situation that was a disaster–or close to it. When that disaster involves a boss... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Key Job Search Requirements You Might Not Think Of

  You might know–or think you know–what’s important in conducting a successful job search. BUT…are you overlooking or unaware of job search trends that could... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Video Interviews: Challenges & Opportunities

  A while ago I mentioned the idea of “canned” video interviews that some companies were instituting in their hiring process (make that screening process). Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Commodity Job Seeker: Make Sure This Isn’t You

  One definition of commodity is: “A basic good used in commerce that is interchangeable with other commodities of the same type.” In the world of job search and... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Behavioral Interviews: What Are They & How Do You Handle Them?

  The term “behavioral interview” isn’t new. It’s been around since at least the 1990s, I believe. However, you might still not have heard it or you might have... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Your Career and the Search for Talent

  You might have heard the term “talent wars” or something similar, which generally refers to companies competing for top talent even when a lot of job seekers ar... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER